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Oracle Cloud Free Tier offers powerful ARM VMs with fast encryption

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An experiment with Oracle Cloud's Free Tier revealed the surprising capabilities of ARM processors and hardware AES acceleration. The author initially sought a free cloud GPU for testing but found a capable ARM-based virtual machine instead. This machine, with its CPU resources and cryptographic instructions, achieved impressive encryption speeds of 6 GB/s, altering the author's perspective on free cloud computing. AI

IMPACT Highlights the potential of free cloud infrastructure for AI experimentation and development, particularly with ARM processors and hardware acceleration.

RANK_REASON The article details a user's experience and findings with a specific cloud provider's free tier, focusing on the capabilities of the provided infrastructure rather than a new release or significant industry event.

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Oracle Cloud Free Tier offers powerful ARM VMs with fast encryption

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  1. Towards AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Marko Mihajlovic ·

    I Wanted a Free Cloud GPU. I Ended Up With a Server That Encrypts 6 GB per Second.

    <h4><em>My hands-on Oracle Cloud Free Tier experiment revealed the surprising potential of ARM processors, hardware AES acceleration, and free cloud infrastructure.</em></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*H_w8kosq6BByGSxFY-a-4A.png" /></figure…

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